AM radio stations

Where did all the good nighttime AM stations go? I remember the good ones like WBAP 820, KOMA 1520, KVOO 1170, there was one out of Shreveport, I jus remember the frequency was 870..they all played good music,, now all I find is talk or sports...
I guess satellite radio done away with night time AM radio...

You don't find many, if any, Clear Station AM transmitters anymore. That good nighttime music from 500 miles away is a thing of the past. I've found that most AM radio now consists of special interest and nich programming.

KOMA....? Now that brings back some old memories. We listened to that clear up here in North Dakota. Darrel

Gee!  I remember the one just across the border, don't recall call letters.

We still have good AM stations here in Montana, but the range isn't what it used to be. The ones I listen to are all classic country, and they always have the Ag market reports throughout the day as well.

Maby this gives away my age, but iv never turned the radio to AM on purpose.

KQAQ 970 out of Austin MN isn't too bad. They play some oldie country songs and on Sunday morning they had been playing country gospel but they seem to be moving towards contemporary lately and lost me on Sunday.

KDHL 920 out of Faribault MN use to play oompah music (maybe still do). Had an uncle that just loved that oompah stuff. I avoid it but when 920 isn't playing oompah it plays good old country or they did. I haven't checked them out in a while........ if I remember right they started playing that mexican crap music...... or that could have been another local station that started play that crap.

My dial is either on 970 or Spring Valley MN FM KVCS 89.1 Christian station or Kinship Radio 105.7 Christian though I don't listen to their modern contemporary Christian music but the rest of the programming isn't bad.


Edited by Lonn - 23 May 2018 at 3:09pm

DougS wrote: When I want to listen to music I connect to YouTube. It doesn't work when you're out in the field, but you can listen to whatever you want when at home.

Get a smart phone and a blue tooth portable speaker. Works great!..... of course I'm too tight to spend the money but when riding in my neighbor's combine that's what he has.



Edited by Lonn - 23 May 2018 at 4:33pm

WLS 890 Chicago
KMOX 1120 ST. Louis
WSM Nashville
Then there was one out of Cleveland around 1100 and one out of New Orleans that I used to listen to. About the only thing on AM at night is Coast to Coast am. If you like that kind of programming

BTW, anybody remember "The King Biscuit Flour Hour"?

I listen to the Big 900KFAL most of the time from Fulton mo. Plays 70-90s country. Range isn’t that far. Im 25 miles away and it pops and cracks after dark. Reminds me of when I was a kid riding with dad in the 83 Ford.

KVOO 1170 out of tulsa used to be classic country, it was owned by Ole Mike and he owned that station, 1070 KFDI the Radio Ranch out of Wichita and KWKH out of Shreveport La the home of the Original Barn Dance before the Grand Ole Opry. I listen to 550 am KFRM farm radio out of Salina Kansas and 1070 am still plays classic country. I can get WSM 650 out of Nashville on good nights. I still listen to 90 percent am, but it seems more baseball games have gone to FM so I switch over sometimes. KLRD I think is the call letters 1080 out of Dallas I can still pick up and KOA 850 am out of Colorado. I miss the old am stations also. KFDI 1070 when it was the radio ranch at noon would play Paul Harvey and the it would play the "lone ranger" which was a segment of Jerry Clower. It was great. I would stop the tractor at noon and eat dinner and listen.

cwhit wrote: WLS 890 Chicago KMOX 1120 ST. Louis WSM Nashville Then there was one out of Cleveland around 1100 and one out of New Orleans that I used to listen to. About the only thing on AM at night is Coast to Coast am. If you like that kind of programming

Our school bus had WLS Chicago playing every morning. We'd listen to Larry Lujack's "Animal Stories!" show with Tommy Edwards.

https://airchexx.com/2013/12/19/morning-madness-larry-lujack-on-wls-am-fm-chicago-january-1984/

WHO Des Moines 1040 is still running 50 KW, like KMOX 1120 in St. Louis and there is a Waterloo IA station on 1540 running 50 KW.

Gerald J.

KWMT is still on 540 at Fort Dodge. I don't know if they have changed power or antenna. Look for information at http://www.yourfortdodge.com now a part of alpha media with more than a dozen stations in Iowa.

Gerald J.